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Why do British Sikhs write "pen ji" instead of "bhan ji" and "pend" instead of "pind", etc.


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10 hours ago, californiasardar1 said:

I have tried to refrain from commenting on this, but I have noticed these peculiarities in most posts on these forums over the years.

So what is the explanation? Is it due to a different pronunciation in the Doabi dialect that most of you speak (I know most of you have roots in the Doaba region)?

Where in Punjab are your family from?

I think it’s because of someone doesn’t know Gurmukhi , they don’t appreciate the Bh- sound as much and not know difference between ‘pappa’ and ‘’bhabha’

in Gurmukhi 

4 hours ago, Dsinghd said:

Yes most Punjabis here from Jalandhar district. 

More accurately, I think you mean Doaba including Kaputthala, Nawansheher And Hoshiarpur districts

as above, it’s not IMO the region people’s family are from just that they are not versed in Gurmukhi 

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17 minutes ago, Premi5 said:

I think it’s because of someone doesn’t know Gurmukhi , they don’t appreciate the Bh- sound as much and not know difference between ‘pappa’ and ‘’bhabha’

in Gurmukhi 

It’s just a regional thing.  The same as when people from Doaba pronounce the V&W’s as B’s, such as Vaal/Baal, Vatta/Batta, Vinga/Binga, Vaisakhi/Baisakhi, Video/Bideo and not forgetting Window/Bindow.  Slight differences between Maja, Doaba and Malwa.  

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1 hour ago, TigerForce1 said:

It’s just a regional thing.  The same as when people from Doaba pronounce the V&W’s as B’s, such as Vaal/Baal, Vatta/Batta, Vinga/Binga, Vaisakhi/Baisakhi, Video/Bideo and not forgetting Window/Bindow.  Slight differences between Maja, Doaba and Malwa.  

People from Malwa can also mix the B/v sounds and actually some of your examples can be correct either way in written Punjabi 

Those who speak Punjabi as first language or know Gurmukhi know when sounds are -bh rather than -p 

i have noticed the ‘pend’ rather than pind is a Doabia thing though 

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